What students really learn: contrasting medical and nursing students' experiences of the clinical learning environment.
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract
; 20(3): 765-79, 2015 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
This paper explores and contrasts undergraduate medical and nursing students' experiences of the clinical learning environment. Using a sociocultural perspective of learning and an interpretative approach, 15 in-depth interviews with medical and nursing students were analysed with content analysis. Students' experiences are described using a framework of 'before', 'during' and 'after' clinical placements. Three major themes emerged from the analysis, contrasting the medical and nursing students' experiences of the clinical learning environment (1) expectations of the placement; (2) relationship with the supervisor; and (3) focus of learning. The findings offer an increased understanding of how medical and nursing students learn in the clinical setting; they also show that the clinical learning environment contributes to the socialisation process of students not only into their future profession, but also into their role as learners. Differences between the two professions should be taken into consideration when designing interprofessional learning activities. Also, the findings can be used as a tool for clinical supervisors in the reflection on how student learning in the clinical learning environment can be improved.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estudantes de Enfermagem
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Estágio Clínico
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Bacharelado em Enfermagem
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Aprendizagem
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract
Assunto da revista:
EDUCACAO
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article